As the government continues its crackdown against foreign-funded NGOs, former Additional Solicitor General of India (ASG) and senior advocate Indira Jaising’s NGO, Lawyers Collective is the latest in the long list of NGOs to have their foreign funding plugged.
The Ministry of Home Affairs has directed that the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) license of the association be suspended for six months.
And Indira Jaising is not taking it lying down.
Condemning the MHA’s decision, Jaising has lashed out calling it a blatant attempt to victimise the organisation by the NDA government. Accusing the government of political vendetta, she said she is being targeted for fighting cases against the BJP chief Amit Shah.
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